Display cabinet



A. M. OLINGER DISPLAY CABINET Filed Nov. 22, 1926 Feb. 19, 1929.

fllton M Olinger Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALTON M. OLINGEB, OF EVERETT, WASHINGTON.

DISPLAY CABINET.

Application filed November 22, 1926. Serial No. 149,920.

My invention relates tocabinets employed to display goods and of thekind which are also intended for the convenient dispensing of thecontained goods. It more particularly pertains to display and salescabinets of the type which are coming widely into use in connection withthe sales of cakes, crackers, and confectionery goods, although it maybe used for widely different goods.

The object of my invention is to provide such a cabinet in a simple andcheap construction, in which goods may be effectively displayed,thoroughly protected from insects and dirt, and which are convenient forthe removal of stock as sales are made.

My invention consists of the novel parts and combinations of parts whichwill be hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in theclaims.

The accompanying drawings show my invention in a form of constructionwhich I now prefer to use.

Figure l is an end elevation, the nearend member of the enclosing framebeing removed.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the drawer guiding and supportingparts at the end of one drawer.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the device, taken from a front diagonaldirection, the parts being in the normal closed position.

In the device as illustrated, I have shown a plurality of superposeddrawers 2, mounted in a frame to both slide and tilt, and coveringsashes 5, pivoted in the frame and capable of swinging to expose thecontents of the drawer without having to move the drawer.

The particular construction of frame employed is in many respectsimmaterial. The essential part is that it have end members and guidebars thereon upon which the drawers are supported and slide. The frameillustrated has end members 1, upper and lower connecting bars 12 and11, and supporting feet 10.

Each end member 1 has a drawer support ing and guiding bar l upon itsinner face for each drawer. The drawers 2 may be of any suitableconstruction. At each end the drawers have a supporting and slide bar 3,secured thereto in an angular position relative to the top and bottomplanes of the drawers, so that when lying in edge contact with the guidebars 4; of the frame, the drawers occupy a tilted position, as has beenshown in Figure 3 and by two of the drawers in Figure 1. This positionis the normal or closed position of the drawers.

The horizontal guide bars 4 carried by the end frame members 1 arepositioned so that their guiding surfaces are horizontal orapproximatelyhorizontal. Each is provided with a guide, parallel with the drawerguiding upper surface, and each drawer end is provided with a pivotmember movable lengthwise of said guide, upon which the drawer may betilted from its normal position into a horizontal position when it hasfirst been drawn out.

Such guide is suitably made as a slot and the complemental pivot memberas a pin .30. The slot 40 stops short of the outer end of the guide bar,and the end of said guide bar is cut diagonally as at 41 to form a stopsurface which holds the drawer in suitable horizontal position after ithas been pulled out and swung down to a horizontal position, as shown bythe lower drawer in Figure 1. The angular position of the drawer whenpulled out is determined by the angle of the end 41.

\Vhen so pulled out, the entire upper opening of the drawer is exposedfor conveniently placing packages of goods therein, or for removing anyof the goods. In closing the drawers they are first swung upwardly andthen pushed inwardly.

When in normal position the drawers are covered by sashes 5, eachcontaining a glass. These sashes are pivoted at their lower edge uponpivots 50, which are carried by the end frame members 1. The adjacentend surfaces 42 of the drawer guides 4 are out upon a bevel whichcorresponds in angle and position with the plane of the upper or openfaces of the drawers when they are in closed position. The sashes arethereby maintained in proper position when the drawers are drawn back.

'If access to the drawers from the front be desired, the sash may beswung outwardly and downwardly, as is shown for one drawer in Figure 1.From the lower end of each end face of the sashes, projects a finger 51,designed to engage a stop upon the frame to thereby support the sash ina horizontal position. This may suitably engage the lower edge of theguide bar 4.

The goods contained in the drawers are fully exposed from one side whilebeing rotected from handling, insects and dust. he salesman can get atthe goods for sales purposes from either front or back. The type ofconstruction employed is cheap and quickly made, while at the same timestrong and durable. The disposition of the drawers when in normalposition is such that a clear and complete view of their contents ispossible.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a display and sales cabinet, a supporting frame, a set of drawers,guide members carried by frame and drawers and supporting the drawers inangularly tilted position and to slide horizontally without tilting, andmeans permitting tilting of the drawers into level position when thedrawers are drawn out.

2. In a display and sales cabinet, a supporting frame, guide barscarried by the frame and having horizontal guiding surfaces, drawershaving complemental slide bars angularly positioned relative to thedrawer top and supported by the guide bars, means for tilting thedrawers into horizontal position when drawn out, and a drawer coveringsash supported upon the frame in position to close the drawer when thedrawer is in normal position.

3. In a display and sales cabinet, a supporting frame, guide barscarried by the frame and having horizontal guiding surfaces, drawershaving complemental slide bars angularly positioned relative to thedrawer top and supported by the guide bars, means for tilting thedrawers into horizontal position when drawn out, a drawer covering sashsupported upon the frame in position to close the drawer when the draweris in normal position, and means for moving said sash to uncover thegoods when desired.

4. In a display cabinet, a frame having drawer supporting and guidingbars each having a straight horizontally positioned guiding surface anda parallel groove, a drawer having slide bars on. its ends havingstraight sliding surfaces positioned angularly with reference to thedrawer face and engaging with the guide bars of the frame, and a pin ateach end of the drawer entering the grooves in the frame guide bars.

5. In a display and sales cabinet, a frame, drawers mounted to slide inthe frame, drawer closing sashes pivoted at their lower edges upon theframe, and supporting stops engaging said sashes to support them indrawer closing position and also when swung outwardly and downwardly.

6. In a display and sales cabinet, a frame having drawer guiding andsupporting bars, drawers slidable upon said bars, a covering sash forthe drawers pivoted upon the frame adjacent one end of the drawer guidebars, the end and bottom surfaces of said guide bars forming stops forthe sash when in respeotively closed and opened positions.

7. In a dispensing and sales cabinet, a frame, drawers slidably mountedin the frame, a drawer covering sash pivoted in the frame, and a membersecured on the frame to form a stop engaged by the sash both when indrawer-closing position and when swung away from the drawer.

8. In a dispensing and sales cabinet, a frame, drawer guides thereon,drawers slidable on the guides, drawer covering sashes pivoted in theframe adjacent one end of the drawer guides, the end of said drawerguides forn'iing stops to support the sashes in drawer-closing position,and the sashes having extensions engaging the bottom of the guides tosupport the sashes when they are swung outwardly and down.

9. A display and sales cabinet comprising a frame, straight horizontallyextending drawer guides carried by the frame, drawers sliding on saidguides and a sliding pivot engaging with said guides and permittingworking of the drawers only when they are drawn entirely out, one end ofthe drawer guides being cut at an angle and engaging the drawer to holdit when swung down.

10. In a display and sales cabinet, a frame, horizontal drawersupportingand guiding bars carried by the frame, a drawer, complementalsupporting and guiding bars carried by the drawer and occupying anangular position relative to the top edge of the drawer, therebynormally supporting the drawer in tilted position.

Signed at Everett, Snohomish County, l vashington, this 30th dav ofOctober, 1926.

ALTON M. OLINGER.

